September 18, 2009, Friday

In her dramatic and inevitably star-studded new memoir, Allegra Huston purports to tell the tale of a polite little girl ricocheting through life, never quite recovering from the loss of her beloved mother.

More than 200 theatrical companies, ranging from the dreadful to the inspired, are performing at the New York International Fringe Festival through Aug. 29. A complete listing of performances and locations is at www.fringenyc.org, or available by...